Lower Lake bicyclist killed on Highway 29 identified

LOWER LAKE -- Authorities released the name of the Lower Lake bicyclist killed on foggy Highway 29 Tuesday morning.

Lloyd Lee Knight, 59, died after being struck by two vehicles around 7:45 a.m. just south of downtown Lower Lake, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Kory Reynolds said Wednesday.

The CHP alleges that the first driver to hit Knight as he rode northbound on the highway fled the scene in her Chevrolet Suburban but went to the Clearlake Police Department about 90 minutes later to inform officials she was involved in a fatal crash.

Aimee Christine Hubbard, 25, of Clearlake was arrested on a felony charge of hit-and-run causing injury.

As Knight lay on the roadway Tuesday morning, two approaching drivers pulled over and went back toward him to render aid, the CHP stated. They reportedly saw Knight trying to get up.

Meanwhile, John Weeks was driving a Toyota Prius northbound on the highway toward the scene, according to the CHP. Weeks, 62, of Hidden Valley Lake allegedly struck Knight and the bicycle.

Knight was the first person killed in a Lake County crash this year.

The CHP reported that visibility was reduced on the stretch of highway because of fog.